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Teaching with Sakai Innovation Award, sponsored by IBM

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Attention faculty: Are you excited about new ways in which you have been=
able to engage your students using Sakai? If you believe that your course =
transforms the learning experience, we want to hear from you. We are lookin=
g for teachers whose courses best exemplify excellent teaching practices co=
mbined with innovative solutions. Please share your story with us and with =
other faculty around the world by applying for the Teaching with Sakai Inno=
vation Award. If you are the winner, you will be awarded a trip to Pari=
s to participate in the 9th Sakai Conference, July 1 - 3. (https://sakai.educonference.com/paris/index.php). There you w=
ill be recognized at an award ceremony and invited to showcase your course.=
If you are the winner and unable to travel to Paris, a modest honorarium w=
ill be awarded and we will work with you to provide an electronic presence =
at the conference. Check out our self-scoring rubric today to see how your =
course stacks up.

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For more information and application go to: http://openedprac=
tices.org/twsia The application process opens March 19th and the de=
adline is April 14, midnight GMT. The winner will be announced in mid May.<=
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A panel of judges who are well known for their work on enhancing learnin=
g through the appropriate use of technology will evaluate the courses and p=
articipate in web conferences with the finalists to select the winner. The =
judges are Karen Swan, Professor at the Research Center for Educational Tec=
hnology at Kent State University, Ohio; Paul Elsner, director of the Nation=
al Center for the Future of the Community College and former Chancellor of =
the Maricopa Community College District; and Ken Bain, Professor at Montcla=
ir State University, and author of "What the Best College Teachers Do."

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The Teaching with Sakai Innovation Award is sponsored by the IBM Corpora=
tion.

Potent=
ial Award Judges

Current Wo=
rk Items

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Please add your own comments and links as appropriate.

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We decided on 1/25/08 that we would dedicate the 2/01/08 conference call=
to the Award. We identified the following issues. Members volunteered =
to to take charge of various issues. Each person listed will prepare a 5 mi=
nute presentation on their area to help define the path forward. We may rew=
ork the issues so that there is a person in charge of each area.

Like the WebCT and Blackboard forms, I like the idea that faculty are t=
he primary eligible parties. However, I also like that instructional design=
ers can be part of the eligible group. Some schools have faculty who design=
and implement, other schools of IDs who design and faculty implement.

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Who can nominate? #* I think the nomination can be open for self-nomination or for oth=
ers to nominate. Self-nominations are the most likely.

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Selection of Judges--Set criteria; move out to other Sakai list.=20
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